VPEC Lab

Publications

2025

Biased judgments of emotion are resistant to changes in the prevalence of anger
Delaney McDonagh, Timothy Sweeny
Cognition and Emotion   ·   26 May 2025   ·   doi:10.1080/02699931.2025.2506667

2024

Similarity in motion binds and bends judgments of aspect ratio
Görkem Er, Timothy D. Sweeny
Vision Research   ·   01 Jul 2024   ·   doi:10.1016/j.visres.2024.108400
Anxious youth and adults share threat-biased interpretations of linguistic and visual ambiguity: A proof of concept study
Michelle Rozenman, Timothy D. Sweeny, Delaney C. McDonagh, Emily L. Jones, Anni Subar
Journal of Anxiety Disorders   ·   01 Jul 2024   ·   doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102878

2022

Gaze perception from head and pupil rotations in 2D and 3D: Typical development and the impact of autism spectrum disorder
Diana Mihalache, Peter Sokol-Hessner, Huanghao Feng, Farzaneh Askari, Nuri Reyes, Eric J. Moody, Mohammad H. Mahoor, Timothy D. Sweeny
PLOS ONE   ·   27 Oct 2022   ·   doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0275281
Amplification in the evaluation of multiple emotional expressions over time
Amit Goldenberg, Jonas Schöne, Zi Huang, Timothy D. Sweeny, Desmond C. Ong, Timothy F. Brady, Maria M. Robinson, David Levari, Jamil Zaki, James J. Gross
Nature Human Behaviour   ·   27 Jun 2022   ·   doi:10.1038/s41562-022-01390-y

2021

Anger bias in the evaluation of crowds.
Diana Mihalache, Sarah Ariel Lamer, Josh Allen, Mackenzie Maher, Timothy D. Sweeny
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General   ·   01 Sep 2021   ·   doi:10.1037/xge0001025
The Crowd-Emotion-Amplification Effect
Amit Goldenberg, Erika Weisz, Timothy D. Sweeny, Mina Cikara, James J. Gross
Psychological Science   ·   24 Feb 2021   ·   doi:10.1177/0956797620970561

2020

Ensemble perception includes information from multiple spatial scales
Timothy D. Sweeny, Andrew Bates, Elric Elias
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics   ·   20 Oct 2020   ·   doi:10.3758/s13414-020-02109-9
Integration and segmentation conflict during ensemble coding of shape.
Elric Elias, Timothy D. Sweeny
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance   ·   01 Jun 2020   ·   doi:10.1037/xhp0000733
Is this my group or not? The role of ensemble coding of emotional expressions in group categorization.
Amit Goldenberg, Timothy D. Sweeny, Emmanuel Shpigel, James J. Gross
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General   ·   01 Mar 2020   ·   doi:10.1037/xge0000651
Averaging multiple facial expressions through subsampling
Luyan Ji, Gilles Pourtois, Timothy D. Sweeny
Visual Cognition   ·   02 Jan 2020   ·   doi:10.1080/13506285.2020.1717706

2019

Perceiving gaze from head and eye rotations: An integrative challenge for children and adults
Diana Mihalache, Huanghao Feng, Farzaneh Askari, Peter Sokol‐Hessner, Eric J. Moody, Mohammad H. Mahoor, Timothy D. Sweeny
Developmental Science   ·   25 Jul 2019   ·   doi:10.1111/desc.12886
Anisotropic visual awareness of shapes
Alisa Braun, Timothy D. Sweeny
Vision Research   ·   01 Mar 2019   ·   doi:10.1016/j.visres.2019.01.002

2018

Role of embodiment and presence in human perception of robots’ facial cues
Ali Mollahosseini, Hojjat Abdollahi, Timothy D. Sweeny, Ron Cole, Mohammad H. Mahoor
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies   ·   01 Aug 2018   ·   doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2018.04.005
Perceptual averaging of facial expressions requires visual awareness and attention
Elric Elias, Lauren Padama, Timothy D. Sweeny
Consciousness and Cognition   ·   01 Jul 2018   ·   doi:10.1016/j.concog.2018.03.005
Rapid visual perception of interracial crowds: Racial category learning from emotional segregation.
Sarah Ariel Lamer, Timothy D. Sweeny, Michael Louis Dyer, Max Weisbuch
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General   ·   01 May 2018   ·   doi:10.1037/xge0000443
Emergent perception of gaze direction across time.
Diana Mihalache, Laurel A. Gaeddert, Timothy D. Sweeny
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance   ·   01 May 2018   ·   doi:10.1037/xhp0000479

2017

Spatial cues influence the visual perception of gender.
Sarah Ariel Lamer, Max Weisbuch, Timothy D. Sweeny
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General   ·   01 Sep 2017   ·   doi:10.1037/xge0000339
Object-substitution masking weakens but does not eliminate shape interactions
Timothy D. Sweeny, Larissa C. D’Abreu, Elric Elias, Lauren Padama
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics   ·   17 Jul 2017   ·   doi:10.3758/s13414-017-1381-y
The center of attention: Metamers, sensitivity, and bias in the emergent perception of gaze
Timothy D. Sweeny, David Whitney
Vision Research   ·   01 Feb 2017   ·   doi:10.1016/j.visres.2016.10.014

2016

Ensemble Perception of Dynamic Emotional Groups
Elric Elias, Michael Dyer, Timothy D. Sweeny
Psychological Science   ·   30 Dec 2016   ·   doi:10.1177/0956797616678188

2014

Ensemble perception of size in 4–5‐year‐old children
Timothy D. Sweeny, Nicole Wurnitsch, Alison Gopnik, David Whitney
Developmental Science   ·   28 Nov 2014   ·   doi:10.1111/desc.12239
Perceiving Crowd Attention
Timothy D. Sweeny, David Whitney
Psychological Science   ·   14 Aug 2014   ·   doi:10.1177/0956797614544510

2013

Humans Use Summary Statistics to Perceive Auditory Sequences
Elise A. Piazza, Timothy D. Sweeny, David Wessel, Michael A. Silver, David Whitney
Psychological Science   ·   12 Jun 2013   ·   doi:10.1177/0956797612473759
Perceiving group behavior: Sensitive ensemble coding mechanisms for biological motion of human crowds.
Timothy D. Sweeny, Steve Haroz, David Whitney
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance   ·   01 Apr 2013   ·   doi:10.1037/a0028712
Detecting and categorizing fleeting emotions in faces.
Timothy D. Sweeny, Satoru Suzuki, Marcia Grabowecky, Ken A. Paller
Emotion   ·   01 Feb 2013   ·   doi:10.1037/a0029193
Sensitive perception of a person’s direction of walking by 4-year-old children.
Timothy D. Sweeny, Nicole Wurnitsch, Alison Gopnik, David Whitney
Developmental Psychology   ·   01 Jan 2013   ·   doi:10.1037/a0031714

2012

Sounds exaggerate visual shape
Timothy D. Sweeny, Emmanuel Guzman-Martinez, Laura Ortega, Marcia Grabowecky, Satoru Suzuki
Cognition   ·   01 Aug 2012   ·   doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2012.04.009
Reference repulsion in the categorical perception of biological motion
Timothy D. Sweeny, Steve Haroz, David Whitney
Vision Research   ·   01 Jul 2012   ·   doi:10.1016/j.visres.2012.05.008
Laughter exaggerates happy and sad faces depending on visual context
Aleksandra Sherman, Timothy D. Sweeny, Marcia Grabowecky, Satoru Suzuki
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review   ·   04 Jan 2012   ·   doi:10.3758/s13423-011-0198-2

2011

Seeing the direction of a crowd: Ensemble coding of biological motion
T. Sweeny, S. Haroz, D. Whitney
Journal of Vision   ·   23 Sep 2011   ·   doi:10.1167/11.11.742
Awareness Becomes Necessary Between Adaptive Pattern Coding of Open and Closed Curvatures
Timothy D. Sweeny, Marcia Grabowecky, Satoru Suzuki
Psychological Science   ·   20 Jun 2011   ·   doi:10.1177/0956797611413292
Internal curvature signal and noise in low- and high-level vision
Timothy D. Sweeny, Marcia Grabowecky, Yee Joon Kim, Satoru Suzuki
Journal of Neurophysiology   ·   01 Mar 2011   ·   doi:10.1152/jn.00061.2010
Simultaneous shape repulsion and global assimilation in the perception of aspect ratio
T. D. Sweeny, M. Grabowecky, S. Suzuki
Journal of Vision   ·   19 Jan 2011   ·   doi:10.1167/11.1.16

2009

Long-lasting effects of subliminal affective priming from facial expressions
Timothy D. Sweeny, Marcia Grabowecky, Satoru Suzuki, Ken A. Paller
Consciousness and Cognition   ·   01 Dec 2009   ·   doi:10.1016/j.concog.2009.07.011
Within-hemifield perceptual averaging of facial expressions predicted by neural averaging
T. D. Sweeny, M. Grabowecky, K. A. Paller, S. Suzuki
Journal of Vision   ·   01 Mar 2009   ·   doi:10.1167/9.3.2